[DartmoorLiz]

Hi,

Has anyone got any experience with sheep with wattles?  I bought some non pedigree lleyns a couple of years ago and one had wattles.  I've now had my first lamb with wattles.  I thought they were a goat thing.  My only concern is that they'll get cut - or even cut off - by the shearer. 

There's not much on google about sheep wattles and I'm wondering how common they are?

[Me]

Breed dependant they can be the norm. Charmoise nearly all have them and many/most first crosses have them. They do indeed get cut/cut off by shearers on occasion. I have yet to hear of a sheep bleeding to death through the wattle (toggle) though so don't worry. The lamb on my Avatar is called "Toggles".

[Brucklay]

We had 2 shetlands with them - not pure, somewhere in their past they had oussant (sorry can't spell that) and indead I forgot and they gave the shearer a fright, but they weren't cut and all well since.